Flagler County investigators find 61 marijuana plants in home

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Feb 21, 2014 at 4:33 PMAug 7, 2014 at 8:49 PM

By Katie Kusturakatie.kustura@news-jrnl.com

A Flagler County man told investigators the 61 marijuana plants he was found in possession of were for personal treatment of pain, not distribution, an official said Friday.Investigators from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Tri County Narcotics Task Force found Dwayne Reed had 18 pot plants growing in plain view behind Reed’s Nutwood Avenue home Wednesday, Flagler sheriff’s spokesman Cmdr. Bob Weber said. The 43 other plants were found inside two grow rooms in Reed’s home.Reed, 49, who cooperated with investigators, told officials the marijuana, which had an approximate street value of $61,000, was for personal use to treat pain from an injury, Weber said. Reed, who is charged with manufacturing marijuana, also told officials he does not distribute what he grows.Sheriff Jim Manfre said he found it hard to believe the 61 plants were for personal use but that the Sheriff’s Office would have to wait and see how the case unfolds.

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